welcome to my journal

My name is Lauren Coffey.I was born and still live in Staten Island,New York.I go to I S 5 1 and I am in the seventh grade.The technology I use everyday is the t.v, and the laptop.I mostely go on the laptop because my computer is really slow.Also on the t.v,I sometimes play on my playstation.When I go on the laptop,I'm usually on either text twist,sporcle, or youtube.

Sometimes I use the toaster, the microwave,or my boombox.My brother is always watching t.v, or listening to his ipod in full volume.I mostely watch t.v if I'm not on the laptop.My sister really uses the same technology as me.The only technology my mom and dad use that I don't is there cars.

Really,without technology I wouldn't know what I'd do.My brother would probaly just workout or read a book.My dad use to take the Staten Island ferry to work five days a week.I just hate that alot of technology kills the environment.All technology was invented by someone,and I must of been hard.The t.v. looks hard to actually play the shows,movies,and comercials.


1. What is copyright?copyright is the law of the United States that protects the works of authors.artists,composers,and other from being used without permission
2. What is fair use?fair use allows you to use a limited amount of copyrighted material you want to use in your report
3. Can a student use a picture from the Smithsonian museum in their report?yes you can use a picture from the smithsonian because it has granted permission
4. What is attribution?attributionis like credit to give to someone who did aq good job on something
5. Can I show everyone my school project by putting it on a web page?
6. Does it matter how much of a song or video I use in my work?
7. Dosn't the public have the right to use music and art?
8. What is the public domain?
9. Can I use picture if they don't have the word copyright or the copyright symbol on them?
10. I want to use a recording from a website but can't find anything about copyright, what should I do?